Mineshaft

Mineshaft

Mineshafts are underground structures in the Overworld made up of interconnected 3×3 corridors with partial rail lines, wooden supports, and cobwebs. They feature wooden bridges or platforms when spanning caves, and may generate near the surface in badlands biomes, where they use dark oak materials. These badlands variants are more exposed and often generate more complete rail lines above ground.

Mineshafts contain various structural elements including a central starting room, supported tunnels, crossings, staircases, and abandoned passageways housing cave spider spawners—a feature unique to mineshafts. They can intersect caves and aquifers, leading to blocked or suspended corridors supported by logs or chains.

Loot appears in minecarts with chests on rail tracks. Common loot includes rails, torches, coal, iron ingots, seeds, and glow berries. Rarer finds include golden apples, enchanted books, name tags, diamonds, and a small chance for an enchanted golden apple.

Mineshafts can generate large complexes if multiple instances spawn close together. Their mix of loot, traps, and hostile mobs like cave spiders makes them a valuable but risky location for exploration.

Renewable

No

The following items can be found in Mineshaft

ItemChanceAvg. per ChestAvg. Chests to Search
Rail

Rail

78.4%7.21.3
Torch

Torch

65.7%7.71.5
Name Tag

Name Tag

42.3%0.42.4
Glow Berries

Glow Berries

38.7%2.12.6
Bread

Bread

38.7%0.92.6
Golden Apple

Golden Apple

28.2%0.33.6
Coal

Coal

27.3%1.73.7
Beetroot Seeds

Beetroot Seeds

27.3%0.93.7
Melon Seeds

Melon Seeds

27.3%0.93.7
Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

27.3%0.93.7
Iron Ingot

Iron Ingot

27.3%0.93.7
Activator Rail

Activator Rail

27.1%0.83.7
Detector Rail

Detector Rail

27.1%0.83.7
Powered Rail

Powered Rail

27.1%0.83.7
Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli

14.5%1.06.9
Redstone Dust

Redstone Dust

14.5%1.06.9
Gold Ingot

Gold Ingot

14.5%0.36.9
Diamond

Diamond

8.9%0.111.3
Iron Pickaxe

Iron Pickaxe

7.0%0.114.2
Enchanted Golden Apple

Enchanted Golden Apple

1.4%0.071.0
Protection

Protection

14.1%0.17.1
Fire Protection

Fire Protection

14.1%0.17.1
Feather Falling

Feather Falling

14.1%0.17.1
Blast Protection

Blast Protection

14.1%0.17.1
Projectile Protection

Projectile Protection

14.1%0.17.1
Respiration

Respiration

14.1%0.17.1
Aqua Affinity

Aqua Affinity

14.1%0.17.1
Thorns

Thorns

14.1%0.17.1
Depth Strider

Depth Strider

14.1%0.17.1
Frost Walker

Frost Walker

14.1%0.17.1
Curse of Binding

Curse of Binding

14.1%0.17.1
Sharpness

Sharpness

14.1%0.17.1
Smite

Smite

14.1%0.17.1
Bane of Arthropods

Bane of Arthropods

14.1%0.17.1
Knockback

Knockback

14.1%0.17.1
Fire Aspect

Fire Aspect

14.1%0.17.1
Looting

Looting

14.1%0.17.1
Sweeping Edge

Sweeping Edge

14.1%0.17.1
Efficiency

Efficiency

14.1%0.17.1
Silk Touch

Silk Touch

14.1%0.17.1
Unbreaking

Unbreaking

14.1%0.17.1
Fortune

Fortune

14.1%0.17.1
Power

Power

14.1%0.17.1
Punch

Punch

14.1%0.17.1
Flame

Flame

14.1%0.17.1
Infinity

Infinity

14.1%0.17.1
Luck of the Sea

Luck of the Sea

14.1%0.17.1
Lure

Lure

14.1%0.17.1
Loyalty

Loyalty

14.1%0.17.1
Impaling

Impaling

14.1%0.17.1
Riptide

Riptide

14.1%0.17.1
Channeling

Channeling

14.1%0.17.1
Multishot

Multishot

14.1%0.17.1
Quick Charge

Quick Charge

14.1%0.17.1
Piercing

Piercing

14.1%0.17.1
Mending

Mending

14.1%0.17.1
Curse of Vanishing

Curse of Vanishing

14.1%0.17.1
Density

Density

14.1%0.17.1
Breach

Breach

14.1%0.17.1